Hello there all, new to the boards and wanted to ask for some of your guys advice. The lease on my car is about to expire (2002 Acura RSX-S) in April, so I have begun to shop for a new car, which I am also looking to lease. I would like to try something different than my acura, which I loved BTW, and in 4 years, I didn't have ONE problem with it. What I want my budget for a lease to be is around $300 a month, hopefully without that much down.

My current philosophy on cars is that if you do all the maintences and treat them right, they wont break on you. Well I hope thats the case anyway as I always treat my cars very well and don't abuse them, so I came to ask your opinions on models im looking at.

06 VW Passat- id like to get a 2.0T for around $300 a month, but ive heard some VW stories that kinda scare me, but like I said, i always do the maintences on my vehicles, and treat them really good.

06 Jetta GLI- This one intrigues me as it looks pretty cool, once again a lot of this has to do with price, to see what I cant get a month for it.

06 Saab 92X or 93- You can now get the GM discount on Saabs, which I can get, so id like to look into these options as well. I know the 92X is the exact subaru replica, but im thinking with the GM discount it could be the same.

06 Volvo S40

06 Nissan Xterra- Im thinking about switching to an SUV just because of the winters, and if I can lease an SUV for cheap I could see myself going with it.

06 Equinox- Another SUV I was looking at

Basically that is my main list of things I would like to look at. I would love to get another Acura, but the next step up is a TSX, and i think that starts at 27K and would be way out of my price range.

Just wondering what you guys think, and please, I would love for you to make other suggestions on cars you think would be really good for my price range, not just the ones I listed.

I know this is a big list and I really need to narrow it down, I guess I need to get to some dealerships and start really figuring out prices eh? Thanks for the help to all those who post.